Introduction to Jainism
Jainism is an ancient religion which was first introduced in India. Jains do not believe in spiritual beings, but they believe that the way to liberation is to live harmlessly and to refrain. Jains aim to follow the 5 Mahavratas, otherwise known as the Five Great Vows in order to live a morally acceptable life. The most important teaching of Jainism is ahimsa, meaning non-violence.
Skilled Veterans Corps: Suicide VS Heroism
The teachings of Jainism all link to ahimsa. Jains do not allow any intentional hurt to any living being. It can be said that the ‘Skilled Veterans Corps’ are planning to ‘intentionally’ hurt themselves as they can die from cleaning up the Fukushima plant. Therefore, Jains, especially Jain monks, will not accept the actions of the elderly people as ‘heroism’ because it is strongly directed towards suicide. Although saving the younger generation is a way of preserving life and cleaning up the nuclear radiation will protect the environment, Jains can say that too much non-ahimsa has to take place in order for it to happen. Ahimsa is the fundamental part of the Five Great Vows, so it is even more unlikely that Jains will break this rule.
Therefore, this concludes that Jains will interpret this more as an act of suicide than heroism because it strongly goes against the principal teaching in Jainism of ahimsa.
Jainism is an ancient religion which was first introduced in India. Jains do not believe in spiritual beings, but they believe that the way to liberation is to live harmlessly and to refrain. Jains aim to follow the 5 Mahavratas, otherwise known as the Five Great Vows in order to live a morally acceptable life. The most important teaching of Jainism is ahimsa, meaning non-violence.
Skilled Veterans Corps: Suicide VS Heroism
The teachings of Jainism all link to ahimsa. Jains do not allow any intentional hurt to any living being. It can be said that the ‘Skilled Veterans Corps’ are planning to ‘intentionally’ hurt themselves as they can die from cleaning up the Fukushima plant. Therefore, Jains, especially Jain monks, will not accept the actions of the elderly people as ‘heroism’ because it is strongly directed towards suicide. Although saving the younger generation is a way of preserving life and cleaning up the nuclear radiation will protect the environment, Jains can say that too much non-ahimsa has to take place in order for it to happen. Ahimsa is the fundamental part of the Five Great Vows, so it is even more unlikely that Jains will break this rule.
Therefore, this concludes that Jains will interpret this more as an act of suicide than heroism because it strongly goes against the principal teaching in Jainism of ahimsa.